El Salvador
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Do entrepreneurial skills unlock opportunities for online freelancing?
New evidence from El Salvador shows that a short online training programme focused on improving engagement with freelancing platforms can help individuals get onto the platforms and land their first contracts. However, this training alone is unlikely...
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Combatting school-based violence and nurturing hope in El Salvador
An innovative after-school programme provides vulnerable youth in El Salvador pathways to success and resilience
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Can at-scale parenting interventions effectively reduce violence towards children?
A free intervention in El Salvador aimed at addressing stress-management and parenting for caregivers, and delivered through SMS, lowered women’s use of violence towards children but worsened male caregiver’s mental health and lowered their interacti...
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Rebel governance and development in El Salvador
How does rebel governance affect long-term development?
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The impact of US deportation policy on gang activity in El Salvador
Deportation policies can inadvertently disseminate ideas and criminal networks between countries, unintentionally increasing migration back to the US
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How organised crime can affect economic development: Evidence from El Salvador
For individuals living in El Salvador’s gang territories, restrictions on freedom of movement significantly limit one’s labour market options
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Workers unite: Cooperative property rights and development in El Salvador
Evidence from land reform in El Salvador shows that private property rights are not necessarily more efficient than cooperative property rights